Ben Youds

Ben Youds
Born April 20, 1988
Brooklyn Park, MN, USA
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
AHL team
Former teams
Lake Erie Monsters
Rockford IceHogs
Providence Bruins
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011present

Ben Youds (born April 20, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Playing career

Youds attended Minnesota State University, Mankato where he played NCAA college hockey with the Minnesota State Mavericks men's ice hockey team. Undrafted on September 1, 2011, Younds signed his first professional contract with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League for the 2011–12 season.[1]

After a successful first season with the Providence Bruins in the 2013–14 season, in which Youds established career highs of 20 points in 57 games, he was invited to the Boston Bruins 2014 training camp on September 18, 2014.[2]

Youds was re-assigned to Providence on September 26, a signed an AHL contract with the club for the 2014–15 season. Establishing a regular position on the Providence blueline, Youds had already eclipsed his career highs in goals and points before he was traded in consideration of an NHL transaction, to the Lake Erie Monsters on March 2, 2015.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Shattuck-Saint Mary's MNHS 59 4 20 24 126
2006–07 Shattuck-Saint Mary's MNHS 61 10 32 42 131
2007–08 Minnesota State U-Mankato WCHA 37 1 11 12 53
2008–09 Minnesota State U-Mankato WCHA 32 0 8 8 45
2009–10 Minnesota State U-Mankato WCHA 39 3 23 26 38
2010–11 Minnesota State U-Mankato WCHA 37 7 14 21 48
2011–12 Rockford IceHogs AHL 57 4 13 17 60
2011–12 Toledo Walleye ECHL 1 1 0 1 0
2012–13 Rockford IceHogs AHL 23 1 8 9 22
2012–13 Toledo Walleye ECHL 43 7 27 34 47 4 0 1 1 6
2013–14 Providence Bruins AHL 57 2 18 20 30 1 0 0 0 2
2014–15 Providence Bruins AHL 47 5 16 21 25
2014–15 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 18 3 8 11 10
AHL totals 202 15 63 78 147 1 0 0 0 2

Awards and honors

Award Year
College
WCHA All-Academic Team 2009, 2010, 2011 [3]
ECHL
All-Star Game 2013 [4]

References

  1. "icehogs.com: IceHogs News". icehogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  2. "B's announce training camp roster". Boston Bruins. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  3. "Ben Youds Mankato Mavericks biography". Minnesota State University. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  4. "Walleye's defenseman Youds, forward Glendening headed to All-Star Game - Toledo Blade". toledoblade.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

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